This is the first time for me to have iftar the Moroccan way, we are used to in Amman to have tamer first then we have soup and then the main dish, i came back from school at 8:15pm almost 15 min late to iftar, i came in everyone waiting for me sat on the table had a bowl of soup, then i was looking at the table and scanning the area around me for the rest of the food, all i saw on the table,
tamer (dates)VV
something called sufoof (ingredients: roasted almonds, with some Arabic gum, and some roasted sesame seeds, etc i don’t know what is the rest)VV
mshabakyeh ( it tastes like asabi3 zainab in Amman)VV
and a cup of tea,VV
i started eating that stuff, it is gooood then i was like: hmmmmmm is that it for tonight.
i looked at my uncle who was surprised too, because he is a newly wed actually not newly wed its been a year almost, but its the first Ramadan for us with his Moroccan wife. both of us was surprised we looked at her and we asked at the same time is that it for tonight???
she started laughing: we will eat the main dish in 30 min or so.
me and my uncle: are you trying to make us suffer !!! hehehehehe.
she was why you guys don’t eat like that in Jordan , start with the soup, then sweets and a cup of tea, then wait for 30 minutes or an hour and then comeback and eat 3asha.
both of us hungry and tired: no in Jordan we eat the dates, the soup, the main dish, then sit a little bit and then have sweets and tea or coffee.
she: hmmmm so you guys want to eat the 3asha now. (this is after we already ate the sweets and we got halfway full)
us: yes please we are starving lol.
and we had the main dish, this was a great experience to be in to know and experience another culture without knowing what is going on, or what is coming next.
which i came to the conclusion that the moroccan people they eat iftar first which is the tamer, sweets, tea, and then after that everyone go and do his own stuff, then come back and have 3asha (diner).
oh ya i forgot to add with the sweet and all that stuff in the picture we had boiled eggs cut in half each and had some cumin and salt on top of them.
